Anyone but Hamilton
Any F1 racing fans?
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I went to the first year f1 came back 200 I think, and took my order brother and father
Same thing, great time and 3-4 days of racing.
They had Ferrari challenge series, then porsche GT3, then porsche cup or what ever they called the professional and non professional series back then. Then the qual and race. V10s were incredible.
Funny story, one night we were on our own for dinner and as can be imagined everyplace was packed. Being from NY we didn’t think of making reservations but Indy isn’t a huge city etc. so we were kind of screwed, my father wasn’t going to eat McDonald’s lol.
So we settled on a Cheesecake Factory that was just opening up, I think it was the first or second night it was actually open. We get out and get on line which looks to be a little long but we figured it’ll move. After a few minutes we realized it went around the building..shit.
As we we about to leave a younger guy cones out (I was mid 20’s and he looked a few years older than me) who is the manager and is doing damage control for the line. He ask where are you from etc…I say NY. I also say my college friend is a manager at a cheesecake in NY…yes his name is Vinny lol.
He goes..holy shit I trained with him. The manger took us in the side door and sat us down immediately.
My brother still laughs about it 25 years later.
He showed himself in a very nice way again, didn’t he?
I imagine that the team hates him already.
It would have been great if the reply over the radio was " Do as told". They are usually tame over the radio because everyone is listening. I probably wouldn't have cared about who was listening and said quite a bit more. Especially at the end when he asked "should let him pass also."
Anyone but a Britt. Nothing personal against British in general but the sucking off F1 does in general for British drive me nuts.
I do like Oscar though, especially when compared to Lando.
Until recently he’s always had the best car. Like Vettel or Verstappan before him. Kimi R , Max, and Alonso can lift a car beyond its potential but I haven’t really seen that yet from him. He choose wisely leaving McLaren when he did, but I bet he wishes he was still in that Benz.
He’s no Senna that’s for sure. He was the absolute best.
Unless McLaren decides to fuck him and favor Lando OR RB gets their shit together and can get some pace out of their cars. Piastri is the better driver (McLaren) though.
I also have a "feeling" that McLaren is bending, or flat out breaking, some rules. Hence their wing coming under inspection before Spain. I don't know how they get their tires to outlast every other team and to outpace Max, even with his inferior car, and the all the other teams by such a huge margin. You could say the same about 2023s RB, but Max is just brilliant and is actually that fast.
Except that RB has been on the edge for awhile now which is why every other driver can’t make it work within that small performance window.
Also I think the bigger factor is that Newey is gone, and his pending departure meant he didn’t work on that car much if any. The golden rule of F1 is……. If you’re not developing the car, you’re going backwards.
Can you imagine how big his head would have been if he got the pole for the sprint? Kimi should have thanked him for the seat during his interview. Hamilton's head wouldn't have fit in his helmet
We went to the first two F1 races held at IMS. Very enjoyable! Very fan-friendly. A much better place to see a race than either Miami or Vegas.
Heard something at the Weiner 500 which made me really worried. The announcers stated that the Pre-Race pageantry was as much a part of the race as the race itself. I am afraid this has become true for too many forms of racing including you know what form.
Pageantry, great to show off the 1st grade students at grade school assembles and great with celebrities for Democratic Party campaign rallies. For racing, not so much.
Pageantry, great to show off the 1st grade students at grade school assembles and great with celebrities for Democratic Party campaign rallies. For racing, not so much.
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Oofa, I wish they would take Monaco off the calendar. I know it'll never happen, but a guy can wish. The team strategies with the two mandated pit stops this year made the race painful to watch. The only bright spot was Lando setting the course record in quali.
Max Verstappen's idea of banana peels throwers a la Super Mario seems more promising...like Mercedes 'Taktik' button Toto Wolff was used to push sometimes... I believe that was connected to a Hamilton balls shrinking system or nebulized beer injection in Botta's helmet.
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